> Am I in the minority of not thinking of TikTok and YouTube as social media?
I'd say they are "social media", but they aren't the most problematic sort. By default there is little or no interaction with their circle of "real life" friends, so the issues that tend to arise around social media are largely mitigated.
All that's really left is the safety concern, and we mitigate that by requiring that they not expose their real name, their face, or their geographic location at anything more specific than a regional level ("I'm in northern Arkansas").
> why are these lousy parents giving kids phones anyway?
They're lousy parents who give their kids phones, not lousy parents because they give their kids phones.
I'd say they are "social media", but they aren't the most problematic sort. By default there is little or no interaction with their circle of "real life" friends, so the issues that tend to arise around social media are largely mitigated.
All that's really left is the safety concern, and we mitigate that by requiring that they not expose their real name, their face, or their geographic location at anything more specific than a regional level ("I'm in northern Arkansas").
> why are these lousy parents giving kids phones anyway?
They're lousy parents who give their kids phones, not lousy parents because they give their kids phones.